Hananiah Harari

American, 1912 - 2000

Hananiah Harari was born in Rochester, NY in 1912 as Richard Falk Goldman. After a 1935 trip to Palestine, he changed his name to ’Hananiah Harari’…”A name better suited to an important artist”. Hananiah Harari became best recognized for his unique style of Modern painting that integrated the concepts of Cubism with Surrealism. He studied at the Syracuse University School of Art and later in Paris with André Lhote, Fernand Léger and Marcel Gromaire. In New York in 1936, Harari became a founding member of the American Abstract Artists group. Harari regularly exhibited nationally at the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Academy of Design and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. In 1943, he exhibited at the landmark “American Realists and Magic Realists” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the important traveling exhibition, “Abstract and Surrealist Art in the United States” organized by the San Francisco Art Museum. In addition to his success with Modern Abstraction, Harari painted portrait commissions for Portraits Inc. in New York, including such notable families as the Kennedy’s, Rockefeller’s, Mellon’s and DuPont’s. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, among others. Harari died in 2000 at the age of 88.

Rococo, 1942

Oil on canvas

38 x 30 inches

Signed and dated Harari '42 lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

#6576

The Baroque Portal, ca. 1946

Oil on canvas

34 x 40 inches

Titled on reverse.

#6569

Perilous Sky, 1947

Oil on canvas

36 x 30 inches

Signed Harari lower right; titled on reverse.

#492

The Opal View

Oil on canvas

30 x 36 inches

Signed Harari lower right; titled on reverse.

#6574

A Color Garden

Oil on canvas

28 x 38 inches

Signed Harari lower right; signed and titled on reverse.

#6571

Baroque Vista, 1946

Tempera, ink and wax crayon on artist board, in original frame

17 x 20 inches

Signed and dated Harari ‘46 upper right.

#6770

Wings, 1947

Ink, wash and crayon on paper

4 x 5 inches

Signed and dated Harari ‘47, lower right.; titled on reverse.

#11121

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Wings, 1947

Ink, wash and crayon on paper

4 x 5 inches

Signed and dated Harari ‘47 lower left

#11122

Wings, 1947

Ink, wash and crayon on paper

4 x 5 inches

Signed and dated Harari ‘47 lower right

#11123

The Baroque Portal, 1942

Colored pencil, ink and collage on paper

7 x 8 3/4 inches

Signed and dated Harari 42 lower left; titled and dated on reverse.

#6606

The Fruits of Order, 1942

Gouache, ink and collage on paper

6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 42 upper right; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

#6603

Untitled (Abstraction), 1948

Watercolor and pastel on paper

8 3/4 x 7 inches

Signed and dated Harari 48 lower right.

#6604

To the Wind, 1937

Colored pencil and graphite on paper

6 x 4 1/2 inches

Signed with initials and dated H.H. 37 lower right.

#6581

Signal Set Up, 1937

Colored pencil on paper

6 x 4 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 37 lower left.

#6582

Overseas, 1940

Graphite on paper

5 x 7 inches

Signed with initials and dated H.H. 40 upper right.

#6584

The Military, 1937

Ink and colored pencil on paper

4 1/2 x 6 inches

Signed and dated Harari 37 lower left; titled and dated on reverse.

#6596

The Military, 1937

Ink and colored pencil on paper

4 1/2 x 6 inches

Signed and dated Harari 37 upper left.

#6597

Flash Watch, 1940

Graphite on paper

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

Signed with initials and dated H.H. 40 upper left.

#6583

The Art Exhibit, 1949

Ink on paper

7 x 8 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 49 lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

#6586

Untitled (Steam Engine), 1939

Graphite on paper

6 x 4 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 39 lower right.

#6587

Untitled (Train Signals), 1939

Graphite on paper

6 x 4 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 39 lower right.

#6588

Gaudy Haunt, 1949

Ink on paper

11 x 5 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 49 lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

#6594

Yes & No Brew, 1949

Ink on paper

12 x 9 inches

Signed and dated Harari 49 lower right.

#6595

Untitled , ca. 1945

Ink on paper

12 x 9 inches

#6610

Untitled, 1938

Charcoal on paper

19 x 25 inches

Signed and dated Harari 38 lower left.

#6599

Airship & Boat Forms, 1942

Graphite on paper

5 x 6 1/2 inches

Signed with initials and dated H.H. 42 lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

#6612

Image Study, 1947

Graphite on paper

4 x 6 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 47 lower right; titled lower left.

#6609

Magnetic Prisms, 1948

Graphite on paper

6 1/2 x 8 inches

Signed and dated Harari 48 lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

#6601

Flighty Skies, 1947

Graphite on paper

5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 47 lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

#6611

Counterweights, 1948

Graphite on paper

5 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches

Signed and dated Harari 48 lower right; titled and dated on reverse.

#6613

Untitled (Ladder Forms), 1936

Graphite on paper

6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches

Signed with initials and dated H.H. 36 lower left.

#6614

Untitled (Figure Abstract), 1936

Graphite on paper

5 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches

Signed with initials and dated H.H. 36 upper left.

#6615

Untitled (Abstraction), 1937

Graphite on paper

8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches

Signed and dated Harari 37 lower right.

#6616

Untitled (Abstraction), ca. 1940s

Graphite on paper

12 x 9 inches

Signed Harari lower right.

#223

Laocoon, 1934

Charcoal on paper

8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 1934 upper left; titled on mat on reverse.

#6605

Les trois graces, 1934

Watercolor and ink on paper

8 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Harari 34 upper left; titled on reverse.

#6608

Hananiah Harari was born in Rochester, NY in 1912 as Richard Falk Goldman. After a 1935 trip to Palestine, he changed his name to ’Hananiah Harari’…”A name better suited to an important artist”. Hananiah Harari became best recognized for his unique style of Modern painting that integrated the concepts of Cubism with Surrealism. He studied at the Syracuse University School of Art and later in Paris with André Lhote, Fernand Léger and Marcel Gromaire. In New York in 1936, Harari became a founding member of the American Abstract Artists group. Harari regularly exhibited nationally at the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Academy of Design and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. In 1943, he exhibited at the landmark “American Realists and Magic Realists” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the important traveling exhibition, “Abstract and Surrealist Art in the United States” organized by the San Francisco Art Museum. In addition to his success with Modern Abstraction, Harari painted portrait commissions for Portraits Inc. in New York, including such notable families as the Kennedy’s, Rockefeller’s, Mellon’s and DuPont’s. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, among others. Harari died in 2000 at the age of 88.